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Date and Nut Bars

Ingredients

4 eggs separated
2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
½ cup chopped nuts
½ cup chopped dates
¾ tsp vanilla

Instructions

To the beaten egg yolks, add the brown sugar. Mix well. Add the sifted dry ingredients, then the dates, and chopped nuts and mix well. Fold I the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a greased jelly roll pan at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Frost while still warm with confectioner’s sugar frosting. Cut in bars.

Notes

Confectioner’s Sugar Frosting 

1 Tbs & 1 tsp butter
¼ cup hot milk
About 3 to 3 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Foot coloring (optional)

Add butter to the milk. Add sugar gradually to make frosting right for spreading. Add extract and mix well. Add food coloring as desired.

 

Recipe Yield

Make about 5 - 6 dozen bar cookies 1x

Cookie Category:  Bars

Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆